Rainsy called back to court

Photo by: Heng Chivoan
Sam Rainsy speaks at a press conference in 2008

via CAAI

Monday, 20 September 2010 20:42 Meas Sokchea

PHNOM Penh Municipal Court has ordered opposition leader Sam Rainsy to appear in court next Tuesday in connection with a two-year-old defamation and disinformation complaint filed by Foreign Minister Hor Namhong.

The summons, issued on September 9 by investigating judge Duch Kimsorn, did not bear the name of a plaintiff, but ordered the Sam Rainsy Party president to appear for questioning in relation to comments he made about Hor Namhong in 2008.

“If he does not appear as scheduled above, we will issue a warrant for his arrest,” the summons said.

In June, a French court upheld a defamation conviction handed down against Sam Rainsy in response to a similar complaint from Hor Namhong.

The case stemmed from passages in Sam Rainsy’s autobiography, Rooted in Stone, that allegedly accuse the foreign minister of heading the notorious Khmer Rouge prison at Boeung Trabek.

Sam Rainsy has been ordered to pay a token one-euro fine for damages. ...

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